ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,340, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio).
"Biomass-derived photoinitiators" was invented by Jayaraman Sivaguru (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Ravichandranath Singathi (Bowling Green, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biomass derived benzophenone derivatives, and methods of making and using the same, are described. In accordance with the present disclosure, biomass derived benzophenone derivatives are useful as visible light photoinitiators."
The patent was filed on May 18, 2021, under Application No. 17/926,337.
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